A sinkhole found in Ho Chi Minh City on November 22 / PHOTO COURTESY OF TUOI TRE

A sinkhole measuring five meters long and over three meters deep was discovered in a street in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday, but no accidents were reported.

When checking and repairing drainage along An Duong Vuong Street in District 5, workers with the HCMC Urban Drainage Company found an underground hole which could have swallowed some 10 square meters of the street, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reported.

At that position that same day the street's surface started sinking, locals told online newspaper Dan Tri.

The workers dug up the stretch of street containing the sinkhole, which was two meters wide, according to Tuoi Tre.

As water flew from the hole, it continuously expanded, the newspaper said.